Climate change to blame: insurer
ONE of the world’s biggest insurance firms has warned that a surge in weather-related catastrophes in 2010 showed the onset of climate change.
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WRAPUP 2-Draining flooded Australia mines could take weeks
* Flooded coal mines could take weeks to drain: Anglo * Rail lines to some Rio, BHP, Xstrata mines still closed * Dalrymple port vulnerable to disruption if coal stocks fall * Overall economic costs estimated …
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Advancing Alaskan Glacier Holds Clues to Global Sea Level Rise
ICY BAY, Alaska–The icebergs looked impenetrable. Roman Motyka needed a route through. “If you see an opening anywhere, let me know,” said the University of Alaska Fairbanks glaciologist, at the wheel of a small skiff puttering through the ice-choked bay off the Gulf of Alaska. [More]
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